Szabó () is a common Hungarian surname, meaning "tailor". In 2019, it occurred in 203,126 names, making it the fourth most frequent

Hungarian surname Hungarian names include surnames and given names. Some people have more than one given name, but only one is normally used. In the Hungarian language, whether written or spoken, names are invariably given in the "Eastern name order", or family n ...

. In Czech and Slovak, a female form is ''Szabová''.

Origin

It is usually originated from the present participle form ("szabó") of the verb "szab", meaning to "cut cloth to size", which then became a noun denoting the occupation of a tailor. It is also thought that the other meaning of the verb "kiszab", denoting the act of imposing fines, levying taxes etc. could have also led to the creation of the noun "szabó", meaning an occupation similar to a judge's or magistrate's. The existence of the two meanings could also justify why this surname could become so wide-spread.

People with this name

* Attila Szabó, several people *

Bence Szabó (fencer) Bence Szabó (born 13 June 1962, in Budapest) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, who has won four Olympic medals in the sabre competitions. Awards * Hungarian fencer of the Year (4): 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 * Honorary Citizen of Újpest (2014) * Memb ...

(born 1962), fencer *

Brett Szabo Brett Leon Szabo (born in Postville, Iowa) is a retired American professional basketball player. Career Szabo graduated from Postville High School, where he had played basketball, baseball and golf, in 1986. He was inducted into Postville’s ...

(born 1968), American basketball player *

Claire Szabó Claire Szabó is a New Zealand chief executive officer and was president of the New Zealand Labour Party from 2019 to 2022. Biography Her father came to New Zealand as a refugee from Hungary in 1956 following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hun ...

(born 1979), New Zealander politician *

Dávid Szabó Dávid Szabó (born 13 January 1990) is a Hungarian volleyball player. Szabo was the last member of Sisley Volley, the most titled club in Italian volleyball history, where he played from 2010 to 2012. Szabo moved to Austrian club Tirol Innsb ...

(born 1990), volleyball player *

Dezső Szabó (writer) Dezső Szabó (born June 10, 1879 in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary (present-day Cluj-Napoca, Romania), died January 5, 1945 in Budapest) was a Hungarian linguist, writer, noted mainly for his three-volume novel "Az elsodort falu" ("The Eroded ...

(1879–1945), Hungarian writer * Dezső Szabó (athlete) (born 1967), decathlete *

Ecaterina Szabo Ecaterina Szabo ( hu, Szabó Katalin, ; born 22 January 1967) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals. Szabo won gold medals in the 1984 Olympics in three individual events (vault, balance beam ( ...

(born 1966), Hungarian-born Romanian gymnast *

Ervin Szabó Ervin Szabó (born as Samuel Armin Schlesinger; 23 August 1877 – 29 September 1918) was a Hungary, Hungarian social scientist, librarian and anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary. Life Born Samuel Armin Schlesinger, Szabó's parents were assimilat ...

(1877–1918), Hungarian Marxist * Ferenc Szabó (1921–2009), footballer *

Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo (, hu, Szabó Gabriella; born 14 November 1975) is a retired Romanian runner. She competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Szabo is a three-time world c ...

(born 1975), Romanian athlete *

Gabriella Szabó Gabriella Szabó (born 14 August 1986) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Career She won the silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Szabó also won five medals at the ICF ...

(born 1986), canoer * Gábor Szabó (1936–1982), jazz guitarist *

Herma Szabo Herma Szabo (22 February 1902 – 7 May 1986) was an Austrian figure skater who competed in ladies' singles and pairs. As a single skater, she became the 1924 Olympic champion and a five-time world champion (1922–1926). She also won two worl ...

(1902–1986), Austrian figure skater *

István Szabó István Szabó (; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian-speaking world since the la ...

, several people * Joseph Szabo (born 1944), American photographer * Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator of the United States Federal Railroad Administration (2009-2015) *

József Szabó József Szabó (born 10 March 1969) is a retired Hungarian swimmer. He competed in three individual events at the 1988 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke; he placed fourth in the 400 m and 24th in the 200 m medley eve ...

(born 1969), swimmer *

József Szabó de Szentmiklós József Szabó de Szentmiklós (14 March 1822 – 12 April 1894), Hungarian geologist, was born at Kalocsa. He was the brother of . Background His first contribution to science was an essay on metallurgy, in which subject he had received s ...

(1822–1894), geologist *

Yozhef Sabo Yozhef Yozhefovich Sabo ( uk, Йожеф Йожефович Сабо; hu, Szabó József; born 29 February 1940) is a former Ukrainian football player and football manager. He is of Hungarian background. He is baptized as a Greek-Catholic. ...

, Ukrainian footballer, coach and functionairy of Hungarian descent *

Karolina Szabó Karolina Szabó (born November 17, 1961) is a retired Hungarian athlete, who specialized in the long-distance running events. Born in Dunaföldvár, Tolna, she represented Hungary in the marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, finishing 13th, and ...

(born 1961), Hungarian long-distance runner * Károly Szabó (1916–1964), employee of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest *

Károly Ferenc Szabó Károly Ferenc Szabó (August 29, 1943 – January 25, 2011) was a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was a member of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), and served as Senator for Satu Mare County from ...

(born 1943), Hungarian-born Romanian politician *

Krisztina Szabó Krisztina Szabó is a Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano opera singer who has performed in a number of operatic roles. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Szabó finished her postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and D ...

, Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano * László Szabó, several people *

Lőrinc Szabó Lőrinc Szabó de Gáborján ( hu, gáborjáni Szabó Lőrinc ; Miskolc, 31 March 1900 – Budapest, 3 October 1957) was a Hungarian poet and literary translator. Biography He was born in Miskolc as the son of an engine driver, Lőrinc Sza ...

(1900–1957), poet and literary translator *

Magda Szabó Magda Szabó (October 5, 1917 – November 19, 2007) was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the , an online digital repos ...

(1917–2007), writer *

Magda Szabo Magda Szabo (born July 8, 1934) is a Canadian Portrait miniature, miniaturist. Early life Magda Szabo was born in Budapest, Hungary. She started painting early, using Oil paint, oil as her medium, on large canvas. Career Her miniature pain ...

(born 1934), painter of miniatures *

Matyas Szabo Matyas Szabo (born 19 August 1991) is a Romanian-born Hungarian-German fencer, team World champion in 2014. Career Szabo is the eldest son of Vilmos Szabó, bronze medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics in men's team sabre, and Réka Zsófia Lá ...

(born 1991), German fencer of Hungarian origin * Miklós Szabó, several people *

Nick Szabo Nicholas Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for his research in digital contracts and digital currency. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1989 with a degree in computer science and received a Ju ...

, computer scientist, legal scholar and cryptographer * Nikolett Szabó (born 1980), javelin thrower *

Paul Szabo Paul John Mark Szabo (born May 10, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He is a former member of the House of Commons of Canada who represented the riding of Mississauga South for the Liberal Party from 1993 to 2011. Early life and education Sza ...

(born 1948), Canadian politician * Rose Szabo, American author of '' What Big Teeth'' * Sándor Szabó, several people *

Stephen Szabo Stephen Francis Szabo is an American political scientist and educator who specializes in foreign policy. He was executive director of the German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Academy and a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University and the National ...

, prominent scholar of transatlantic relations * Szilvia Szabó (born 1978), canoer *

Vilmoș Szabo Vilmoș Szabo ( hu, Vilmos Szabó, born 30 December 1964) is a retired Romanian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1984, 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1984. He is an ethnic Hungarian and he married Olympic foil medallist ...

(1964), fencer and fencing coach *

Violette Szabo Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her second mission i ...

(1921–1945), secret agent * Zoltán Szabó, several people *

Zsuzsanna Szabó-Olgyai Zsuzsanna Szabó-Olgyai (born 6 May 1973 in Oroszlány) is a retired pole vaulter from Hungary, who represented her native country in the women's pole vault event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of ...

(born 1973), Hungarian pole vaulter * Zsuzsanna Szabó (footballer) (born 1991), Hungarian footballer

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